Posts Tagged ‘Evangelii Gaudium’

Pope drops bombshell – naming new Vatican doctrinal chief

Monday, July 3rd, 2023
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Pope Francis, who has a knack for dropping bombshells in July when his predecessors would normally leave town for a summer holiday. He has again started off the month with a bang by naming Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández of La Plata (Argentina) as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Read more

Catholic-Orthodox relations strengthened by joint statement

Monday, June 19th, 2023

In a significant advancement in Catholic-Orthodox relations, the two churches have released their first joint statement in seven years, underscoring the importance of synodality and primacy. The document, titled “Synodality and Primacy in the Second Millennium”, presents an overview of the historical journey of both churches, dating back to the Great Schism of 1054. The Read more

Pope makes changes to Church law promoting ‘healthy decentralisation’

Thursday, February 17th, 2022
Pope promoting ‘healthy decentralisation’

Pope Francis unveiled new changes to Church law in an apostolic letter published on Tuesday, saying that he was seeking to promote a ‘healthy decentralisation’ in the Church. In the motu proprio (“on his own impulse”), the pope said his intention with the changes was to “foster a sense of collegiality and pastoral responsibility” on Read more

Always together: Pope Francis

Monday, October 4th, 2021
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The heart of the Gospel is the proclamation of the Reign of God, in the person of Jesus himself, the Emmanuel, God-Is-With-Us. In him, God brings his project of love for humanity to fulfillment, establishing his lordship over creatures and sowing the seed of divine life in human history, transforming it from within. Certainly the Read more

Anglican Alpha founder praises Catholic evangelisation

Tuesday, July 14th, 2015

Alpha course founder Rev. Nicky Gumbel has said the Catholic Church is leading the way in evangelisation. Speaking at the Proclaim ‘15 national Catholic evangelisation gathering in Birmingham in England on July 11, Rev. Gumbel said he loves the Catholic Church. Rev. Gumbel, an Anglican minister from Holy Trinity Brompton, is the pioneer of Alpha, Read more

Francis’ road map for Church will last a century or more

Friday, October 24th, 2014

Pope Francis’ road map for the future of the Church will far outlive his pontificate, a German theologian has predicted. Speaking in Austria during the second week of the recent synod on the family, Cardinal Walter Kasper said Francis is a “gift of God”. The Pope’s theology and his vision for the Church are centred Read more

Pope and Bank of England Governor stress human-centred economy

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014

Pope Francis and the Governor of the Bank of England have both stressed that the human person must be at the centre of the global economy. Pope Francis addressed a closed-door conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace held in Rome on July 11-12. Bank of England governor Mark Carney was one of Read more

Evangelii Gaudium: The mysterious working of the risen Christ and his Spirit

Friday, June 27th, 2014

275. In the second chapter, we reflected on that lack of deep spirituality which turns into pessimism, fatalism, and mistrust. Some people do not commit themselves to mission because they think that nothing will change and that it is useless to make the effort. They think: “Why should I deny myself my comforts and pleasures Read more

Evangelii Gaudium – The spiritual savour of being a people

Tuesday, June 24th, 2014

268. The word of God also invites us to recognise that we are a people: “Once you were no people but now you are God’s people” (1 Pet 2:10). To be evangelizers of souls, we need to develop a spiritual taste for being close to people’s lives and to discover that this is itself a Read more

Evangelii Gaudium – Personal encounter with love of Jesus

Friday, June 20th, 2014

264. The primary reason for evangelizing is the love of Jesus which we have received, the experience of salvation which urges us to ever greater love of him. What kind of love would not feel the need to speak of the beloved, to point him out, to make him known? If we do not feel Read more